Saudi Fertilizer Co urea plant on track for second-half 2014 start up

26 February 2013 14:45[Source: ICIS news]

SHARM EL SHEIKH, Egypt (ICIS)--Commercial urea production at Saudi Arabian Fertilizer Co's (SAFCO) new urea plant is on track to begin in the second half of 2014, a company official at affiliate Saudi Basic Industries Corp (SABIC) said on Tuesday.

Speaking on the sidelines of the Arab Fertilizer Association (AFA) conference, the official said the 1.1m tonne/year urea plant, to be named SAFCO-5, is being built at a cost of $533m (€405m).